Paleostress magnitudes in folded sedimentary rocks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Amrouch, Khalid ^a,b,c   Beaudoin, Nicolas ^a,c   Lacombe, Olivier ^a,c   Bellahsen, Nicolas ^a,c   Daniel, Jean Marc ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRESSES;

CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCES; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; LATE STAGE; PALEO-STRESS; PRINCIPAL STRESS; STRESS MAGNITUDE; WYOMING ,USA;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ANTICLINE; CALCITE; CHRONOLOGY; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOHR THEORY; PALEOSTRESS; PIEZOMETER; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TWINNING; UPPER CRUST;

SHEEP MOUNTAIN [WYOMING]; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 80052513438     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048649     Document Type: Article

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